Comments on: What If Hitler Had Not Killed Himself? http://www.historynet.com/what-if-hitler-had-not-killed-himself.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sun, 26 May 2013 05:23:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: WEVER http://www.historynet.com/what-if-hitler-had-not-killed-himself.htm#comment-809729 WEVER Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:09:09 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682501#comment-809729 guderian was with Hoth's 4th army division attachment. he was close to moscow but had no major decision making to direct the moscow batte because he was under... Hoth... Guderian was angry at hitler.. and wrote to him... so that's why he was fired for suggesting to go on defense in early December 1, 1941. guderian was with Hoth's 4th army division attachment. he was close to moscow but had no major decision making to direct the moscow batte because he was under… Hoth… Guderian was angry at hitler.. and wrote to him… so that's why he was fired for suggesting to go on defense in early December 1, 1941.

]]> By: Tom Holzel http://www.historynet.com/what-if-hitler-had-not-killed-himself.htm#comment-792075 Tom Holzel Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:37:32 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682501#comment-792075 If you actually read the psychological report about Hitler, you are embarrassed to realize how much of a propaganda instrument it was. Dr. Langer was Jewish, and thus felt compelled to paint Hitler in the worst light possible. Not a word about Hitler’s many (albeit early) genius, etc. The reality was that by 1945 Hitler was at his rope’s end. Probably suffering from advance Parkinson’s disease, he could no longer lift his left arm, which trembled most of the time. And as important, he was psychologically a beaten man. As a complete military amateur, able to win skirmishes when carried out by the Wehrmacht who he initially left alone, once the going got tough, he became frightened and completely lost the boldness which got him so far. The first sign of this (IMO) was to prevent Guderian from using his Panzers to course across Russia and terrify the Soviet military. Instead, Hitler insisted on an infantry advance bolstered by tanks. Whew! Guderian was rightly furious, and the rest is history. If you actually read the psychological report about Hitler, you are embarrassed to realize how much of a propaganda instrument it was. Dr. Langer was Jewish, and thus felt compelled to paint Hitler in the worst light possible. Not a word about Hitler’s many (albeit early) genius, etc.

The reality was that by 1945 Hitler was at his rope’s end. Probably suffering from advance Parkinson’s disease, he could no longer lift his left arm, which trembled most of the time. And as important, he was psychologically a beaten man. As a complete military amateur, able to win skirmishes when carried out by the Wehrmacht who he initially left alone, once the going got tough, he became frightened and completely lost the boldness which got him so far.

The first sign of this (IMO) was to prevent Guderian from using his Panzers to course across Russia and terrify the Soviet military. Instead, Hitler insisted on an infantry advance bolstered by tanks. Whew! Guderian was rightly furious, and the rest is history.

]]> By: Guy Nasuti http://www.historynet.com/what-if-hitler-had-not-killed-himself.htm#comment-319754 Guy Nasuti Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:05:29 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682501#comment-319754 One has to wonder if a Werewolf insurgency would have prevented or simply stalled the Cold War between the USSR and the US. Also, it would have been interesting to see whether or not the American public, already tired of the war at this point in 1945, would have had the stomach for fighting such a war after so many had already been lost. Do any other readers get the sense that the Soviets would have had to do the bulk of the fighting against the Werewolf program, as they had already done against the German army on the Eastern Front? In reality, the Werewolves succeeded in killing several Allied soldiers and the mayor of Aachen, who cooperated with Allied forces, but I believe their most popular method of terror was stringing up piano wire to trees across roads frequently traveled by Allied soldiers in open air jeeps. Terrifying to anyone driving those roads, yes, but a far cry from IED's, RPG's, and suicide bombers. Dr. Grimsley's theory that Hitler's survival may very well have offered the Werewolves a chance to continue the fight is interesting and thought provoking, but I believe as small and disorganized as it was, ultimately would have collapsed and petered out on its own. The German people had expended too much of its manpower, resources, and energy fighting the war and small bands of these Werewolves would have been no match for a well-supplied, well-armed, and victorious group of Allied nations arrayed against them. One has to wonder if a Werewolf insurgency would have prevented or simply stalled the Cold War between the USSR and the US. Also, it would have been interesting to see whether or not the American public, already tired of the war at this point in 1945, would have had the stomach for fighting such a war after so many had already been lost. Do any other readers get the sense that the Soviets would have had to do the bulk of the fighting against the Werewolf program, as they had already done against the German army on the Eastern Front?

In reality, the Werewolves succeeded in killing several Allied soldiers and the mayor of Aachen, who cooperated with Allied forces, but I believe their most popular method of terror was stringing up piano wire to trees across roads frequently traveled by Allied soldiers in open air jeeps. Terrifying to anyone driving those roads, yes, but a far cry from IED's, RPG's, and suicide bombers. Dr. Grimsley's theory that Hitler's survival may very well have offered the Werewolves a chance to continue the fight is interesting and thought provoking, but I believe as small and disorganized as it was, ultimately would have collapsed and petered out on its own. The German people had expended too much of its manpower, resources, and energy fighting the war and small bands of these Werewolves would have been no match for a well-supplied, well-armed, and victorious group of Allied nations arrayed against them.

]]> By: Paul Schultz http://www.historynet.com/what-if-hitler-had-not-killed-himself.htm#comment-314165 Paul Schultz Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:25:38 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682501#comment-314165 Thank you for a fascinating article. The "Werewolf" initiative remains one of WWII's most ironic developments. After Nazi Germany sought to occupy most of Europe without anticipating the resistance they would encounter from indigenous populations, the Reich's desperate leaders decided to encourage the same kind of partisan revolt at home when they faced defeat. While the "Werewolves" managed to inflict significant damage (as your article points out), they never came close to what the enormous partisan movement in places like the USSR and Yugoslavia accomplished. It played a huge role in making Nazi occupation impossible to sustain while trying to fight a war on multiple fronts. WWII buffs might want to check out my novel, THE FUHRER VIRUS. It is a spy/conspiracy/thriller for adult readers and can be found at www.eloquentbooks.html.com, www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com and on Google Review. Read a recent review on PODBRAM. Thanks! Paul Schultz Thank you for a fascinating article. The "Werewolf" initiative remains one of WWII's most ironic developments. After Nazi Germany sought to occupy most of Europe without anticipating the resistance they would encounter from indigenous populations, the Reich's desperate leaders decided to encourage the same kind of partisan revolt at home when they faced defeat. While the "Werewolves" managed to inflict significant damage (as your article points out), they never came close to what the enormous partisan movement in places like the USSR and Yugoslavia accomplished. It played a huge role in making Nazi occupation impossible to sustain while trying to fight a war on multiple fronts.
WWII buffs might want to check out my novel, THE FUHRER VIRUS. It is a spy/conspiracy/thriller for adult readers and can be found at http://www.eloquentbooks.html.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.barnesandnoble.com and on Google Review. Read a recent review on PODBRAM.

Thanks!

Paul Schultz

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